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• Cougars take sixth straight title; no end in sight

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Bruce Berk said he doesn’t keep track of his Derryfield School boys tennis team’s successes from year to year. Maybe he’s just lost count. The Cougars have reached the state final 15 of the last 18 years, and they Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:52 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, Tennis, Derryfield School

• Derryfield School takes title despite playing championship match short-handed

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Winning a state tennis championship is a tough enough task. Six individual players have to do their part, then change their approaches and play doubles – generally immediately following an intense singles match. Now, take Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:48 PM by Bedford Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, Tennis, Derryfield School

• West’s surprising season finally stopped in state semifinals

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR He was expecting the call, but he still had his fingers crossed it wouldn’t come. It did. CJ Beck picked up the phone. “Remember that bet you made,” said the voice on the other line. “We didn’t forget.” Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:04 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, West High School, Tennis

• To date, Bedford’s deep group has returned most challenges

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR A team of freshmen and sophomores should not be able to compete against junior- and senior- year opponents. Try telling that to the Bedford High School girls tennis team. The Lady Bulldogs could care less about conventional wisdom. Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 3:49 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, Tennis, Bedford High

• West determined to return to the top of the class

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Steve Houle and his Lady Blue Knights aren’t happy with last year’s playoff result, and they plan on spending this entire season rectifying it. After a fine 2007, West tennis fell in the Class L semifinals to city rival Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:51 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, West High School, Tennis

• Bedford athletes welcomed new schools, challenges in 2007

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR It was a year of near-misses and so-closes on the 2007 Bedford sports landscape, though there were a few spot-ons mixed in. While dozens of local teams and individuals competed for the top prize in their respective class and/or Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 26, 2007 4:16 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, football, hockey, wrestling, Softball, Baseball, Tennis, golf, Bedford High

• West dominates singles but loses match to Concord

  BY SAPNA PATHAK Leading up to its early season match on Friday, April 20, Shawna Morley needed only three words to get her West’s boys tennis team fired up: Concord vs. West. A simple mention of the longstanding rivalry and Morley’s motivational Read More... Posted Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:36 AM by Bedford Editor | 4 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, Kids & Family, Tennis

• DS boys in line for fifth straight championship

  BY MATT STOUT Terry Wilson laughed after he said it, but the Gilford coach, like many of his peers in Class M-S, isn’t thrilled to notice it. “Hi, I’m Coach Wilson,” he said during player introductions prior to his team’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 18, 2007 5:27 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, Tennis, Derryfield School

• DS girls retool in search of another state title

  BY MATT STOUT It doesn’t matter that it lost its top four players. It doesn’t matter that it opened with its first loss since 2005. For the Derryfield School girls tennis team, the faces change, but the skills, expectations and, in some cases, Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 18, 2007 5:23 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, Tennis, Derryfield School

• As champs, West wears it, yet seeks it again

  BY MATT STOUT There isn’t much change around Notre Dame Avenue when it comes to the Manchester West girls tennis team. The balls are still green, the days still occasionally windy and the team still buzzing with excitement. After a season that seemingly Read More... Posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 11:35 AM by Bedford Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school sports, Manchester, West High School, Tennis